Long Island New York-1965: Cat Sleeping On Floor Near Scratching Post

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationLong Island, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 Long Island New York

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Cat Sleeping On Floor Near Scratching Post — Clip Details

A fluffy orange tabby cat rests on a textured purple carpet in a cozy living room, filmed on 8mm film in 1965. The cat lies near a wooden scratching post with a red base, its eyes half-closed in a relaxed state. In the background, a patterned cushion and sheer curtains filter soft light, creating a warm, nostalgic atmosphere. The footage captures a quiet, intimate moment of domestic life, with the cat occasionally shifting its gaze. The grainy texture and color palette are characteristic of vintage home movies from the mid-1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124981726

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1070 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1965 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Long Island, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s domestic-life requests needing quiet pet footage, household interiors, or a brief home-movie cutaway from Long Island, New York.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1960s living room details, including textured carpet, sheer curtains, upholstered furniture, a patterned cushion, and a simple cat scratching post.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an unstaged household moment as an orange tabby rests near a scratching post, giving the footage casual family-home value.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an orange tabby cat, textured purple carpet, wooden scratching post with red base, sheer curtains, upholstered chair, patterned cushion, and table base.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, warm color shift, and contact-frame edges that reinforce its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a gentle insert, domestic transition, pet cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about family interiors or everyday 1960s home life.
Historical context: The footage documents a private Long Island interior and a household pet, offering modest visual context for everyday middle-class domestic space in the 1960s.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the private interior and pet setting may still require property, copyright, and contextual review.
Research search match: Search matches include 1965 Long Island 8mm cat footage, orange tabby on carpet, vintage home movie pet cutaway, and 1960s living room interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Long Island 1965 home interiors, then broader 1960s pet, family-room, and domestic-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Orange tabby cat rests on a textured carpet near a scratching post in a Long Island home interior, 1965. — An orange tabby lies near a scratching post on the living room carpet.

The tabby remains stretched out on the carpet near the scratching post in the 1965 Long Island interior. — The cat stays low on the carpet, facing the room near the post.

A relaxed orange tabby lies beside a red-based scratching post in a 1965 Long Island living room. — The cat rests beside the post, framed by carpet, curtains, and furniture legs.

The final frame shows the tabby on the carpet near the scratching post, with curtains and furniture visible in the Long Island home. — The cat remains beside the scratching post as the home-movie frame widens slightly.

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